A group of Black politically engaged Forest Hills residents looking for a way to come together and voice their concerns are launching a community alliance this week. The group, Color of Justice (COJ), said they hoped to increase the political and…

Are you a New York State Senator representing a district in New York City? If so, the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Greater New York (CACAGNY) wants to speak with you. On their mind: Senate Bill S3087 which would repeal the Hecht-Calandra Act,…

The fate of Working Families Party (WFP) candidates knocked off the June ballot in New York City is still up in the air after a ruling made by an upstate judge on Friday. Onondaga County Supreme Court Judge Scott J. Delconte ruled in favor of WFP…

The woman accusing Comptroller and Mayoral candidate Scott Stringer of sexual assault is denying that she worked for Andrew Yang’s campaign after campaign records sent to PoliticsNY but first reported on by NY1 revealed that she filed ballot…

Running for New York City Council and looking for that progressive gold stamp of approval? Well, there’s a questionnaire for that. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s PAC, Courage to Change (CTC) released their endorsement questionnaire on Monday…

Working Families Party star candidates Brad Lander for Comptroller, Jumaane Williams for re-election as Public Advocate and Tiffany Cabán have been knocked off the WFP ballot line for the June 22 primary, PoliticsNY has learned. In fact, not a single…

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Queens, Bronx) reaffirmed her commitment to her controversial hallmark climate change platform by reintroducing the Green New Deal resolution to Congress on Tuesday. Ocasio-Cortez, alongside U.S. Rep. Ed Marky…

A Republican PAC in Queens is crying foul and accusing the county party and the New York City Board of Elections (BOE) of voter suppression. The allegation comes after their candidates were denied spots on the Republican primary ballot. The PAC, the…

After millions of dollars spent and dozens of stories written about mayoral candidates with names like Stringer, Adams, Yang and Wiley, the first name that voters will see on the ballot come Primary Day will be Aaron Foldenauer. The relatively…

Queens’ spectacular parks and green spaces have taken care of us like never before during the pandemic. We are blessed to have open spaces where we can walk,

Elected officials have failed us time and time again in Brooklyn. My opponent in City Council District 35, Crystal Hudson, served as a staffer for

I will vote in support of all anti-BDS bills. Six city council members abstained on the New York City Council version of the anti-BDS bill in 2016.  An

Last Friday was a slower day than usual for food pantry pickup outside Part of the Solution, a nonprofit community center located in Fordham in the Bronx.

It had all the makings of a smokey, backroom deal typical of the insider boys club in the Bronx, with a few exceptions. There was no smoke. There were no

Growing up, City Council candidate John Sanchez attended a private Catholic school. He credits the education he got there with enabling him to pursue higher

City council candidate Jessica Haller, a resident of the Northwest Bronx, remembers when her grandfather would miss appointments after waiting for the

The great public-versus-charter school debate is front and center in the crowded race to replace U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres as the Bronx’s District 15 city

City Council candidate Kenny Agosto remembers the building he grew up in, part of the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) McKinley Houses on East 161

Staten Island’s 49th City Council District spans the northern shore of the borough, encompassing the neighborhoods of Arlington, Clifton, Clove Lakes,

A woman in blue surgical gloves and a black face mask sat on one side of the table. Ballots in hand, she slowly flipped through them one by one stacking them neatly in front of her. “Pesach, Pesach, Pesach…” she said over and over again, repeating…